diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 75f7b06..3ba4bd6 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 mystore/*
 myadmin/*
 myshop/*
+mykinetic/*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e37f118..101aa3e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .env
+.vscode
 node_modules
 mydir
 myadmin
 mystore
+mykinetic
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3bd5fc..d89e6b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ reaction develop
 
  ### Congratulations!! You're ready to start developing with Open Commerce 
 
-## Add the Admin/Storefront 
+## Add the Admin/Kinetic/Storefront 
 ---
 Open Commerce includes an Admin panel for managing your system plus an example storefront implementation so you can see how you would go about building your own.
 
@@ -145,6 +145,33 @@ reaction develop
 ```
 For more information about developing the admin you can go to [Mailchimp Open Commerce Documentation](https://mailchimp.com/developer/open-commerce/)
 
+## Adding the Kinetic
+The Kinetic project uses pnpm as package manager so ensure you have this installed in your local development.
+
+Using npm to install:
+```
+npm install -g pnpm
+```
+To add the kinetic project you can run:
+```
+reaction create-project kinetic <your-kinetic-name> 
+```
+and a `your-kinetic-name` directory will be created in the new directory. 
+
+Change to that directory by running:
+```
+ cd <your-kinetic-name> 
+```
+Then run:
+```
+pnpm install
+```
+and you can start the kinetic project by running:
+```
+reaction develop
+```
+The kinetic will be available on port https//localhost:3001
+
 ## Adding a Storefront
 To add the example storefront project so you can browse your installation just run:
 ```
diff --git a/commands/create-project-kinetic.js b/commands/create-project-kinetic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9af613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/create-project-kinetic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { writeFile, readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import simpleGit from "simple-git";
+import { copy } from "fs-extra";
+import Logger from "../utils/logger.js";
+
+/**
+ * @summary modify package.json for use as a thin development project
+ * @param {String} packageJson - The contents of package.json
+ * @param {String} projectName - The name of the project
+ * @returns {String} The modified contents
+ */
+function updatePackageJson(packageJson, projectName) {
+  const packageData = JSON.parse(packageJson);
+  packageData.name = projectName;
+  packageData.version = "1.0.0";
+  packageData.projectType = "kinetic";
+  return JSON.stringify(packageData, null, 2);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary Update the core file for this project
+ * @param {String} projectName - The name of the project we are creating
+ * @returns {Promise<Boolean>} True if success
+ */
+async function updateCoreFile(projectName) {
+  const packageJsonPath = `${projectName}/package.json`;
+  const packageJson = await readFile(packageJsonPath, { encoding: "utf8", flag: "r" });
+  const updatedPackageJson = updatePackageJson(packageJson, projectName);
+  await writeFile(packageJsonPath, updatedPackageJson);
+  return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @summary clones projects locally from repo
+ * @param {String} projectName name of the project to create
+ * @returns {Boolean} true for success
+ */
+export default async function createProjectKinetic(projectName) {
+  Logger.info("Creating kinetic", { projectName });
+  const gitOptions = {
+    baseDir: `${process.cwd()}`,
+    binary: "git",
+    maxConcurrentProcesses: 6
+  };
+  const git = simpleGit(gitOptions);
+  Logger.info("Cloning project");
+  try {
+    await git.clone("git@github.com:reactioncommerce/kinetic.git", projectName);
+  } catch (error) {
+    Logger.error(error);
+    return false;
+  }
+  await updateCoreFile(projectName);
+  await copy(`${projectName}/.env.example`, `${projectName}/.env`);
+  Logger.success("Kinetic project created. You can change to this directory and run `pnpm install`");
+  return true;
+}
+
diff --git a/commands/create-project.js b/commands/create-project.js
index 8c5ceb0..61bab29 100644
--- a/commands/create-project.js
+++ b/commands/create-project.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Logger from "../utils/logger.js";
 import checkDependencies from "../utils/checkDependencies.js";
 import createProjectApi from "./create-project-api.js";
 import createProjectAdmin from "./create-project-admin.js";
+import createProjectKinetic from "./create-project-kinetic.js";
 import createProjectStorefront from "./create-project-storefront.js";
 import createProjectDemo from "./create-project-demo.js";
 
@@ -9,11 +10,13 @@ const methodMap = {
   api: createProjectApi,
   admin: createProjectAdmin,
   storefront: createProjectStorefront,
+  kinetic: createProjectKinetic,
   demo: createProjectDemo
 };
 
 const extraDependencyMap = {
-  storefront: ["yarn"]
+  storefront: ["yarn"],
+  kinetic: ["pnpm"]
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/commands/develop-kinetic.js b/commands/develop-kinetic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9179cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/develop-kinetic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import diehard from "diehard";
+import Logger from "../utils/logger.js";
+import checkBeforeDevelop from "../utils/checkBeforeDevelop.js";
+
+/**
+ * @summary start develop mode for kinetic
+ * @param {Object} options - Any options for project creation
+ * @returns {Boolean} true for success
+ */
+export default async function developKinetic(options) {
+  if (!await checkBeforeDevelop("kinetic")) return;
+  Logger.info("Starting Open Commerce Kinetic Application Server in dev mode", { options });
+  const api = spawn("pnpm", ["run", "dev"]);
+  api.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(data.toString().trim()); // Echo output of command to console
+  });
+
+  api.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(data.toString().trim()); // Echo error output
+  });
+
+  diehard.register(async (signal, uncaughtErr, done) => {
+    if (signal === "SIGINT") {
+      Logger.warn("Shutting down from Ctrl-C");
+    }
+    done();
+  });
+
+  diehard.listen();
+}
diff --git a/commands/develop.js b/commands/develop.js
index f1337d6..3261fc1 100644
--- a/commands/develop.js
+++ b/commands/develop.js
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ import Logger from "../utils/logger.js";
 import checkDependencies from "../utils/checkDependencies.js";
 import developStorefront from "./develop-storefront.js";
 import developAdmin from "./develop-admin.js";
+import developKinetic from "./develop-kinetic.js";
 import developApi from "./develop-api.js";
 
 const functionMap = {
   api: developApi,
   admin: developAdmin,
+  kinetic: developKinetic,
   storefront: developStorefront
 };
 
 const extraDependencyMap = {
-  storefront: ["yarn"]
+  storefront: ["yarn"],
+  kinetic: ["pnpm"]
 };
 
-const validProjectTypes = ["api", "admin-meteor", "storefront-example"];
+const validProjectTypes = ["api", "admin-meteor", "storefront-example", "kinetic"];
 
 /**
  * @summary check if projectType exists, if not return empty string
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ async function getProjectType() {
     case "admin-meteor":
       Logger.info("Found project type: admin-meteor");
       return "admin";
+    case "kinetic":
+      Logger.info("Found project type: kinetic");
+      return "kinetic";
     case "storefront-example":
       Logger.info("Found project type: storefront-example");
       return "storefront";
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1fd78f8..ea34984 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ program.version(pkg.version);
 program
   .command("create-project")
   .description("Create a new Open Commerce project of one of several types")
-  .addArgument(new commander.Argument("<type>", "which project type to create").choices(["api", "storefront", "admin", "demo"]))
+  .addArgument(new commander.Argument("<type>", "which project type to create").choices(["api", "storefront", "admin", "kinetic", "demo"]))
   .argument("<name>", "what to name the project")
   // .option("--populate")
   .option("--skip-meteor-install", "Skip Meteor install when creating admin project")
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ program
   .command("develop")
   .description("Run a project locally in development mode")
   .addArgument(new commander.Argument("[type]", "which project type to develop on")
-    .choices(["api", "storefront", "admin"]))
+    .choices(["api", "storefront", "admin", "kinetic"]))
   .option("--no-debug")
   .option("--no-mongo-shutdown", "don't shut down mongo on abort")
   .action((type, options) => {
diff --git a/tests/create-kinetic-project.js b/tests/create-kinetic-project.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fd620b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/create-kinetic-project.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* eslint-disable jest/valid-expect */
+import { EOL } from "os";
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import rimraf from "rimraf";
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import { sync as cmdExists } from "command-exists";
+import getConfig from "../utils/getConfig.js";
+import execute from "./utils/execute.js";
+
+const config = getConfig();
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await rimraf.sync("./mykinetic");
+  // Mock that we have alredy used the command to bypass telemetry logs
+  config.set("runOnce", true);
+  if (!cmdExists("pnpm")) {
+    spawn("npm", ["install", "pnpm", "-g"]);
+  }
+});
+
+describe("The create-project-kinetic command", () => {
+  it("should print the correct output", async () => {
+    const response = await execute("./index.js", ["create-project", "kinetic", "mykinetic"]);
+    const responseLines = response.trim().split(EOL);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line jest/valid-expect
+    expect(responseLines[0]).to.equal('reaction-cli: Creating kinetic: {"projectName":"mykinetic"}');
+  }).timeout(350000); // cloning the admin takes a long time
+});
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  config.set("runOnce", false);
+});
diff --git a/utils/checkBeforeDevelop.js b/utils/checkBeforeDevelop.js
index e3aa0cf..907b632 100644
--- a/utils/checkBeforeDevelop.js
+++ b/utils/checkBeforeDevelop.js
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ async function checkForApi() {
  */
 export default async function checkBeforeDevelop(type = "api") {
   if (!await pathExists("node_modules")) {
-    if (type === "storefront") {
-      Logger.error("It looks like you have not run `yarn install` in this directory");
-      Logger.error("Please run `yarn install` and try again");
-    } else {
-      Logger.error("It looks like you have not run `npm install` in this directory");
-      Logger.error("Please run `npm install` and try again");
+    switch (type) {
+      case "storefront":
+        Logger.error("It looks like you have not run `yarn install` in this directory");
+        Logger.error("Please run `yarn install` and try again");
+        break;
+      case "kinetic":
+        Logger.error("It looks like you have not run `pnpm install` in this directory");
+        Logger.error("Please run `pnpm install` and try again");
+        break;
+      default:
+        Logger.error("It looks like you have not run `npm install` in this directory");
+        Logger.error("Please run `npm install` and try again");
     }
     return false;
   }